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By Thierry Dubois
Air France is gradually increasing the importance of the Airbus A350-900 in its operations, notably as a way to cut costs compared to earlier-generation aircraft.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The level of Chinese airline operations has more or less stabilized near one-third of the original schedule, at least for a while, amid the drop in demand caused by the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG) plans to start a lawmaker-requested audit of global pilot training standards and evaluate ways the FAA can better link its certification process with international regulations.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
The UK government is refusing to comment on media reports that it is preparing to take further action to prop up financially troubled regional carrier Flybe.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways’ (SAA) business rescue practitioners (BRPs)—the rough equivalent of administrators—are facing both government and labor criticism after announcing network cuts.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Collins Aerospace has named Stephen Timm as president in place of Kelly Ortberg, who is leaving his CEO’s role to become a special advisor to the chief executive of United Technologies Corp. as it merges with Raytheon.
Defense

By Sean Broderick
Breeze Airways, airline entrepreneur David Neeleman’s new start-up, plans to launch scheduled service with three “north-south leisure routes” east of the Mississippi River and steadily expand as its fleet size ramps up, the carrier’s U.S. Transportation Dept. certificate application reveals.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Iran’s initial formal investigative update on the Jan. 8 downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 sheds little new information on the disaster and stops short of confirming what its government has admitted: anti-aircraft missiles fired at the aircraft, seemingly in error, brought it down.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
The Trump administration has proposed a fiscal 2021 budget of $17.5 billion for the FAA, which includes new funding for safety oversight in response to the Boeing 737 MAX crashes, but falls below the budget enacted for the current fiscal year.
Air Transport

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandair estimates the Boeing 737 MAX grounding has cost the airline $100 million to date as the all-Boeing operator plans to reduce capacity for summer 2020.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol, the organization in charge of air traffic management (ATM) in Europe, wants to be prepared for the integration of hybrid electric aircraft—potentially with different needs and performance—in the continent’s airspace.
Air Transport

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By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol—the organization in charge of air traffic management (ATM) in Europe—has conducted further tests to validate the secondary runway aiming point (SRAP), a concept aimed at increasing runway capacity.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
NASA has substantially increased funding requested for aeronautics research in fiscal 2021 over the spending level envisioned a year ago.
Air Transport

Weekly profile of a major airport’s operations, carriers and destinations.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
Batik Air, the full-service arm of Indonesia LCC Lion Air, while receiving its fleet’s first Airbus A320neo, said it is expecting to take delivery of its first Airbus A321LR later in 2020.
Air Transport

Lori Ranson
Hawaiian Airlines continues to battle a tough operating environment as competitive capacity in one of its most important markets is rising by double digits in the 2020 first quarter.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Canadian pilot training specialist CAE expects increasing demand for its simulators for Boeing 737 MAX and continues to make so-called “white tail” systems ahead of actual orders.
Aerospace

Calendar of upcoming events of interest to the aviation industry.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The Boeing 737 MAX production halt is a catalyst for Triumph Group to further consolidate its interiors and Mexican operations, top executives said Feb. 6, adding more divestiture announcements should be expected this year.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
LCC Norwegian has scrapped—at least for the present—plans to operate from London Heathrow airport, as it continues to pursue its recent policy of prioritizing profitability over growth.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Concern may be increasing over whether the Boeing 777X takes longer to become certified and operational, but at least one supplier on Feb. 6 said so far so good on expected production rates.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Operations have returned to normal at Copenhagen Airport after a passenger with suspected coronavirus was taken to hospital after arriving at the airport Feb. 7 with symptoms.
Air Transport